Berlin, Germany | XINHUA | Bayer Leverkusen put six past Nice to wrap up all three points on home soil at its opening encounter in Europa League’s Group C on Thursday. Leverkusen started all guns blazing and needed only 11 minutes to break the deadlock as Leon Bailey’s perfectly timed …
Read More »Nice sack Lamine Diaby Fadiga for stealing a watch
Nice, France | AFP | Nice have terminated the contract of 18-year-old striker Lamine Diaby Fadiga after he admitted stealing a 70,000-euro ($76,500) watch from team-mate Kasper Dolberg “out of jealousy”, the club said Tuesday. “My situation of failure contrasted with the success and aura of Kasper. I lashed out …
Read More »Sneijder completes Nice signing after medical
Nice, France | AFP | Wesley Sneijder completed his free transfer to Nice on Monday as the Ligue 1 club secured yet another star name. Following the signing of France international Hatem Ben Arfa two years ago and Italian bad boy Mario Balotelli last season, unfashionable Nice have done it again …
Read More »At least 84 dead in ‘terrorist’ Nice truck attack
A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a “terrorist” attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display. The driver was shot dead after barrelling the truck two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the …
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